[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 2]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 19CFR161.2]



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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 

        HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 161_GENERAL ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart A_General Provisions

 

Sec.  161.2  Enforcement for other agencies.





    (a) Laws enforced by Customs Service for administering agencies. 

Some of the laws enforced in whole or in part by the Customs Service for 

administering agencies are:

    (1) Importations and exportations of arms, ammunition, implements of 

war, helium gas, and other munitions of war are governed by laws 

administered by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and 

Department of State;

    (2) Importations and exportations of controlled substances are 

governed by laws administered by the Drug Enforcement Administration of 

the Department of Justice;

    (3) Importations, exportations, and transactions involving 

identified goods, services, and technology with any of those countries 

designated as subject to economic sanctions under the laws and 

regulations administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the 

Department of the Treasury.

    (4) Importations and exportations of atomic energy source material, 

fissionable material, and equipment and devices for utilizing or 

producing fissionable material are subject to laws administered by the 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and

    (5) The exportation of articles, other than those previously 

mentioned herein, are subject to requirements of laws administered by 

the Department of Commerce.

    (b) Seizure for violation of law. When articles are imported or are 

intended to be, are being, or have been exported from the United States 

in violation of law, such articles and any vessel, vehicle, or aircraft 

knowingly used in their transportation shall be seized and proceeded 

against.



[T.D. 72-211, 37 FR 16487, Aug. 15, 1972, as amended by T.D. 76-21, 41 

FR 2383, Jan. 16, 1976; T.D. 78-329, 43 FR 43456, Sept. 26, 1978; T.D. 

91-77, 56 FR 46115, Sept. 10, 1991; T.D. 96-42, 61 FR 24889, May 17, 

1996]